Taylor Allen

Taylor Ellis Allen (born 16 June 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL League Two club Walsall.

Taylor Allen
Personal information
Full name Taylor Ellis Allen[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000[2]
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Romulus 35 (5)
2019 Nuneaton Borough 16 (2)
2019–2022 Forest Green Rovers 14 (1)
2019–2020 → Hereford (loan) 8 (1)
2020 → Gloucester City (loan) 6 (0)
2020–21 → Leamington (loan) 8 (1)
2022– Walsall 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Allen began his career at Midland Football League side Romulus while completing an apprenticeship as a sports coach.[3] Allen joined Nuneaton Borough in January 2019, winning man of the match on his National League North debut, before having a trial with Leicester City in March, where he played for the under-23 team in Premier League 2. Allen turned down offers from English Premier League clubs to sign for Forest Green Rovers in summer 2019 on a one-year deal. He made his EFL League Two debut as a substitute against Oldham Athletic on 3 August 2019, scoring the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute.[4]

Taylor joined National League North side Hereford on 25 October 2019 on a one month loan, with the loan being extended on 27 November 2019 for a further month.[5]

Taylor then joined Gloucester City on loan for an initial month. [6]

On 2 December 2020, Allen joined Leamington on an initial one-month loan deal.[7] The loan was then extended for a further month.[8] On 9 February 2021, the loan was further extended for an additional month.[9]

On 20 June 2022, Allen agreed to join League Two club Walsall on a one-year contract from 1 July when his Forest Green contract were to expire.[10]

Career statistics
As of end of 2021–22 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Romulus 2018–19 MFL Premier Division No data currently available
Nuneaton Borough 2018–19 National League North 162000000162
Forest Green Rovers 2019–20[11] League Two 5100201[lower-alpha 1]081
2020–21[12] 5000003[lower-alpha 1]080
2021–22[13] 4000104[lower-alpha 1]090
Total 141003080251
Hereford (loan) 2019–20[14] National League North 8100000081
Gloucester City (loan) 2019–20[14] National League North 6000000060
Leamington (loan) 2020–21[14] National League North 8100000081
Career total 525003080635
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Forest Green Rovers

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Forest Green Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 28. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. "Taylor Allen". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. The Apprenticeship Journey – Taylor Allen
  4. Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic
  5. Bull, Organic (27 November 2019). "Bulls News: Taylor Allen's Loan Extended". Bulls News. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  6. "Gloucester City AFC: Taylor Allen joins on loan". 24 January 2020.
  7. "Forest Green Rovers youngster checks in on loan". Leamington FC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. "Forest Green youngster extends loan spell". Leamington FC. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  9. "Forest Green forward Allen extends Leamington loan". Nonleaguedaily.com. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  10. "Taylor Allen joins Walsall". www.saddlers.co.uk. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  11. "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  12. "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  13. "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  14. Taylor Allen at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. "Mansfield Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers: Draw seals title for Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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